LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 26 (PNA) – Sans shady deals in the awarding of contracts and supply procurements, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Bicol saved for the government some P130 million in the implementation of projects under its P4 billion regular infrastructure program (RIP) in the region this year.
“We implemented a total of 160 projects under our P4.044-billion RIP for the region this year and by applying the open competitive bidding process, we were able to push the cost of each project down by as much as 4.23 percent, saving for the government a total of P130.761 million,” DPWH regional director Danilo Dequito on Monday said.
He said P80.925 million of the savings were generated by the regional office while the remaining P49.836 million were saved by the 14 engineering district offices of the DPWH covering the 14 congressional districts in the six provinces of the region.
Out of 160 projects implemented under the RIP this year, Dequito said 33, costing P1.997 billion, fall under the implementation of the regional office while 127 worth P2.047 billion went to the district offices.
At least 84 of these projects have been completed while 63 were still on-going and 13 were yet to be started to post an over-all 45.05 percent accomplishment, or 1.64 positive slippage for the region.(PNA)
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